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Just in case you missed this last week! —Dear Avaazers,
Many told us it was a pipe dream, but the G7 Summit of leading world powers just committed to getting the global economy off fossil fuels forever!!!
Even the normally cynical media is raving that this is a huge deal.
And it’s one giant step closer to a huge win at the Paris summit in December — where the entire world could unite behind the same goal of a world without fossil fuels — the only way to save us all from catastrophic climate change.
For 2 years our community has led global public mobilisation for this goal, including:
Our work is far from done, but it’s a day to celebrate — click here to read more and say congratulations to everyone else in this incredibly wonderful community!!
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Our appeals followed G7 Chair Angela Merkel everywhere for 6 weeks.
We spearheaded the largest climate march in history – nearly 700,000 strong and a game-changer for political momentum.
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29th June 2015
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YouTube Weblink: “3rd INDIA Power & Energy (IPE) Conclave 2015” & Concurrent – “3rd FINERGY 2015” – Part 1 –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8v-Y81g9t8
YouTube Weblink:“3rd ENERTIA Summit & Conclave 2014″- Future of Energy INDIA Vision 2032-Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPw2aaN2BD8
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You May Access “ENERTIA – Asia’s Premier Journal on Sustainable Energy & Power”
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Ecumenical
Argentinian authorities will send investigators inside the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to find evidence of money laundering in the case of public funds possibly being used for broadcast rights during the World Cup. The rights were taken over by the government in 2009 from a local cable company, subsidizing national and international game broadcasts. But the $176 million price tag was a questionable one, according to lawmaker Graciela Ocana, who also accused the AFA of leaning toward government-linked companies and failure to explain where some of the funds went. The four-year-long investigation will now gain access to board meetings and any other AFA materials it requests as it investigates possible money laundering. “We want to know how these funds are used,” the opposition lawmaker told the channel TN. “It’s great football can be viewed for free. But we also have to realize it’s not free, we pay for it in taxes, yet it has been a phenomenal propaganda coup for the government,” she added.
Number of Britons killed in Tunisia attack rises to 15
The confirmed British death toll in the Tunisia hotel attack has risen to 15 and could rise further, junior Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood said, calling the incident the “most significant” attack on British people since the London bombings on July 7, 2005. According to the Tunisian authorities, 39 is the total number of victims in the attack, which also includes German, Belgian and Irish citizens.
Houthi fighters attack Aden refinery, setting it alight
Yemen’s Houthi fighters fired missiles at storage tanks at an Aden refinery on Saturday, setting it on fire. On the same day, clashes between the Houthis and pro-government forces north of Aden resulted in the deaths of four people from Yemen’s southern resistance movement and 10 Houthis. A random Houthi shelling also killed eight civilians in northern Aden, including a woman and her three children, medical sources reported.
49 insurgents killed in Afghan military operation over last 24 hours
A series of anti-terrorist military operations have led to the killing of 49 insurgents in the past 24 hours, Afghan Defense Ministry told Xinhua news agency. The joint operation was spearheaded by Afghan National Army (ANA). “49 armed insurgents have been killed, numbers of were wounded, some weapon and ammunition confiscated, numbers of various IED bombs discovered and destroyed,” Defense Ministry said in their statement.
The suicide bomber who detonated explosives at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait City was identified as Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa, a Saudi Arabian citizen, Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said. The man flew into Kuwait’s airport at dawn on Friday, only hours before the blast. At least 27 people were killed and 200 injured as a result of the attack on Friday. The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility for the blast.
Peru President Ollanta Humala has announced that the state of emergency in the region of upper Huallaga River will soon be lifted after 30 years. The area of rugged mountains and dense forests along the river has been a center of illegal coca cultivation for decades. It was also the scene of violence perpetrated by the Maoist insurgency Shining Path, the leader of which Florindo Eleuterio Flores, nicknamed ‘Comrade Artemio’, was captured in 2012.
Hillary Clinton
To
nksagar_1@yahoo.com
Jun 26 at 9:00 PM
About today’s Supreme Court decision.
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PRESS INVITATION
Harmony-An Ocean of Music Cordially
Invites you to attend the Cover of
Musical Program of Compositions of
Late legendary Music irector
R.D BURMAN
(On the occasion of his 76th birthday)
To be sung by:
Ramesh Nautiyal (R.D Burman disciple)
Time : 7:00 p.m
Date : 27th June, 2015 (Saturday)
Venue : Mavlankar Auditorium, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
You are requested to send correspondents/photographers/camera crew for the Musical program.
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Modi Govt. Attempting to Destabilize Congress in Northeast
Congress Party on Wednesday alleged that the Modi government was attempting to destabilise the party’s governments in the northeast with Union minister Kiren Rijiju “involved” in the exercise which is being “directly monitored” by BJP chief Amit Shah.
“It is a very very grave situation. MLAs are being threatened by terrorist outfits to switch over to the BJP thereby destabilising the governments… Home Ministry is involved. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju is involved,” party General Secretary V Narainsamy told reporters.
Addressing the AICC briefing along with senior spokesman Ajay Maken, he alleged that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking of high moral values and cooperative federalism on the one hand, on the other “Amit Shah is indulging in disturbing duly-elected Congress governments in the northeast”.
It has come to light from internal sources that 20-25 MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh are camped in a secluded location in Patna at the behest of MOS Kiren Rijiju and state BJP. It is also alleged that the BJP of Arunachal Pradesh is trying to woo the congress MLAs to defect from the Nabam Tuki led congress ruled government in the state.
There are nine states ruled by the Congress including five in the northeast – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya.
Myanmar should be on board to resolve north-east insurgency
ASHOK B SHARMA
The Indian Army operation in Myanmar was enough a message to the insurgents that New Delhi will no longer tolerate nefarious activities engineered from the soil of a neighbouring country. This is not about counting casualties on either side. This issue is retaliation at the right time to save civilian casualties deliberately planned by insurgents.
It is not as if New Delhi was reluctant to talk to the insurgents. Enough exercises have been undertaken over the years, including signing of peace accords and extending the truce over periods of time. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), one of the groups that claimed responsibility for the June 4 deadly attack on the Indian Army, unilaterally abrogated the ceasefire agreement in March 2015 and joined the umbrella organization, United National Liberation Front of West South East Asia (UNLFW) along with the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I), Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup (KYKL), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PRPK), People’s Liberation Army (PLA), United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit (NDFB-S).
On June 4, insurgents ambushed and killed 18 members of 6 Dogra Regiment when they were patrolling Tengnoupal-New Samtal Road in Chandel district in Manipur, about 15 km from the Myanmar border. Apart from NSCN-K, KCP and KYKL have so far claimed responsibility for the attack from across the border.
This deadly attack provoked unexpected retaliation by the Indian Army on June 9 through surgical attacks against the known bases of the insurgents located across the border at two points. The National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who was scheduled to accompany Prime Minister Modi on his two-day visit to Bangladesh on June 6, preferred to stay back. Similarly, Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag dropped his UK tour.
The hot pursuit was well calibrated and based on intelligence reports. “In the course of the last few days, credible and specific intelligence was received about further attacks that were being planned within our territory,” said a statement issued by the Indian Army after the strikes.
Based on intelligence reports, the Indian Army tactically engaged the militants at two points along the Nagaland and Manipur borders. The statement did not give the number of casualties, but said “significant casualties have been inflicted on them.” It also claimed “threats to our civilian population and security forces were averted.”
The possibility of further attacks by insurgents from across the border is not yet over as their base camps remain intact. Several reports are being circulated about the death toll of insurgents (ranging from 20 to 50, with several injured), but this is not pertinent. All base camps have to be eliminated and insurgent activities against India from Myanmar soil brought to an end.
The matter needs to be taken up with the Myanmar government at diplomatic level to find a permanent solution. It must, however, be admitted that some politicians of the ruling party including Minister of State Rajyavardhan Rathore went overboard in praise of the operation, provoking a backlash from Myanmar and Pakistan.
Myanmar’s compulsions in denying knowledge of any operation by the Indian Army on its soil are understandable. It is a sovereign country and hot pursuit on its soil by a foreign country is not desirable and can cause problems, particularly when the country faces polls this year.
Myanmar has its own problems. There are areas along its borders with India where the government is unable to exercise its control. Myanmar signed a peace accord with NSCN-K in April 2012. There are reports about Indian intelligence intercepting talks between Chinese PLA officers and Khaplang and the Chinese pressuring Myanmar for entering into a peace accord with NSCN-K. Having signed a peace accord with the NSCN-K, Myanmar may not be willing to act against terror camps in North Sagaing region and Chin state, particularly when it is fighting with the Kokangg, Kachins and other rebel groups within its own territory.
The United Wa State Army has declared its own Wa State Government Special Administrative Region within Myanmar from January 1, 2009 and is completely under Chinese influence. Insurgents operating against India procure arms and ammunitions from the Wa State. An arms factory has been set up in this area. However, the Myanmar government has not yet recognised this Wa State.
There is also a significant change in the strategy adopted by the insurgents operating against India. Earlier each ethnic insurgent group had their traditional points of operation close to the ethnic population it claims to represent. NSCN-K did not operate along the Manipur border; it operated along the Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland borders. But the Coordination Committee of the umbrella organisation of six insurgent groups in Manipur, namely KCP, KYKL, People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) gave NSCN-K the venue for its recent operation along the Manipur border. Thus, the coming together of different splinter insurgent groups in joint operation against India is a new threat that New Delhi needs to tackle with care.
NSCN split in January 1980 into two factions – NSCN-K and NSCN-Isak-Muivah. After this split NSCN-K drew its support from Konyak, Aao, Angami and other Naga tribes in Nagaland and Manipur apart from Nagas in Myanmar from where Khaplang hails. NSCN-K suffered further split in 2010 when some Konyaks and Semas walked out and formed NSCN-Kole-Kitovi. Again in March 2015 Khaplang’s faction split and the NSCS (Reformation) was formed. Thus the insurgent organisation became weaker and weaker and in these circumstances NSCN-K signed a peace accord with the Myanmar government and joined the umbrella organization UNLFW and chose to operate from its new venue along Manipur border with the help of the Coordination Committee of six insurgent organizations.
To put an end to cross-border insurgent attacks, India has to take up the issue with Myanmar, understand Myanmar’s problems and constraints and work jointly to address the same. Myanmar too wants peace on its soil. It should be recalled that in April-May 1995 India’s Operation Golden Bird against terrorists moving from Bandar Ban in Chittagong and tracks along Myanmar border did not succeed due to lack of cooperation from the Myanmar Army. For India’s Look East Policy to succeed there should be peace and tranquility at the border. (This Article was written just after Indian Army operation in India-Myanmar border)
(Ashok B Sharma is a senior Columnist writing in several Indian and international newspapers and magazines. He frequently writes in The Daily Observer, Bangladesh and Diplomatist magazine. He can be reached atashokbsharma@gmail.com Mobile phone no +91-9810902204)
